28 Bible Verses about Flowers

Consider the way the lilies grow. They do not toil and neither do they spin. Yet I tell you even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. If God clothes the grasses in the field, which is here today and is cast into the oven tomorrow, how much more will he clothe you? You have little faith.

The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.

I am the rose of Sharon, the lily of the valleys. (The Beloved) My love among the daughters is like a lily among thorns.

He springs up like a flower and fades away. He is like a fleeting shadow and does not endure.

His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers. His lips are like lilies, dripping sweet smelling myrrh.

Make lamp stand of pure gold. Make its base and its shaft of hammered gold. Its decorative flowers, including buds and petals, are to form one piece with it. Six branches shall extend from its sides, three from each side. Three cups shall be shaped like almond blossoms in the one branch, a bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms in the other branch. This should go on for six branches going out from the lamp stand.read more.
Four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its bulbs and its flowers should be in the lamp stand. A bulb shall be under each of the six pair of branches coming out of the lamp stand. Their bulbs and their branches shall be of one piece. All of it must be one piece of hammered work of pure gold.

He made the lamp stand out of pure gold. The lamp stand, its base, and its shaft, as well as the flower cups, buds, and petals were hammered out of one piece of gold. There were three branches on each of its two sides, for a total of six branches. There were three decorative almond blossoms on each branch.read more.
And there were four on the lamp stand. A blossom was placed where each pair of branches came out from the lamp stand. The lamp stand, including its branches and decorative flowers, was made from a single piece of hammered pure gold.

The cedar panels were decorated with carvings of gourds and flowers. The entire interior was covered with cedar. The stones of the walls could not be seen.

The walls of the main room and of the inner room were all decorated with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and flowers.

The tank rested on the backs of twelve copper bulls that faced outward. Three faced in each direction, north, west, south and east. The sides of the tank were three inches thick. Its rim was like the rim of a cup, curving outward like the petals of a flower. The tank held about fifteen thousand gallons.

Woe to the proud drunks who wear the crown of Ephraim for it is doomed! Its glory is fading like the crowns of flowers on their heads. They are at the entrance of a fertile valley. They are drunk from wine. Behold, Jehovah has a strong and mighty one (Assyria). He will cast down to the earth with military power. It will be like a destructive thunderstorm with hail and a mighty flood of water. The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot.read more.
The fading flower of his glorious beauty is found at the head of the fertile valley. He looks at the first-ripe fig before the summer. He picks it with his hand and eats it. Jehovah of armies will then become a crown of glory and beauty to the remnant of his people. He will be a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, a source of strength to those who repel the attack at the gate.

Woe to those who scatter sin with cords of falsehood and iniquity with a cart rope! You say: Let Jehovah hurry up and do what he says he will, so that we can see it. Let Israel's holy God carry out his plans. Let us see what he has in mind. You are doomed! You call evil good and you call good evil. You turn darkness into light and light into darkness. You make what is bitter, sweet, and what is sweet you make bitter.read more.
You are doomed! You think you are wise. You think you are so very clever. You are doomed! Heroes of the wine bottle! Brave and fearless when it comes to mixing drinks! You let the guilty go free for a bribe and you keep the innocent from getting justice. You will go up in flames like straw and hay! You have rejected the law of the holy God Jehovah the All-Powerful Holy One of Israel. Now your roots will rot, and your blossoms will turn to dust. You are Jehovah's people, but you made him terribly angry, and he struck you with his mighty arm. Mountains shook, and dead bodies covered the streets like garbage. Jehovah is still angry. He is ready to strike you again.

All people are like grass. All their glory is like the blossom of a flower. The grass withers and the flower drops off. But the word of our God abides forever. This is the word of good tidings that was preached to you.

A voice shouts: Cry out! And I said: What shall I cry? The voice shouts: All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of Jehovah blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.

Man born of woman, lives a short life that is full of trouble. He springs up like a flower and fades away. He is like a fleeting shadow and does not endure.

Jehovah has compassion for those who reverence him just as a father has compassion for his children. For he knows our conception and he remembers that we are dust. Man's days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.read more.
The wind passes over it, and it is gone; and its place shall know it no more. But the loving kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting on those who reverence him, and his righteousness is to the sons of sons. It is to those who keep his covenant, and to those who remember to do his commandments.

Let the brother of humble circumstances glory in his high position (exaltation). But the rich must be glad when God humbles them. This is because they will wither like wildflowers and pass away. The sun rises with scorching heat and withers the grass. The flower falls off and its beauty perishes. So also the rich man will fade away in his pursuits.

Before the harvest, when blossoms are gone and grapes are ripening from blossoms, he will cut off the shoots with pruning shears and chop off and take away the spreading branches. They will all be left for the birds of prey on the mountains and the wild animals. The birds of prey will feed on them in the summer. All the wild animals on earth will feed on them in the winter.

Why are you worried about clothing? Look at how the lilies of the field grow. They do not toil. They do not spin. I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was dressed like these. If God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, won't he care for you even more? You of little faith!

I will heal their apostasy! I will love them freely for my anger has turned away from them. I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily and he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon. His shoots will sprout and his beauty will be like the olive tree. His fragrance will be like the cedars of Lebanon.read more.
Those who live in his shadow will raise grain again. They will blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.

The desert will rejoice, and flowers will bloom in the wastelands. The desert will sing and shout for joy! It will be beautiful like the Lebanon Mountains. It will be fertile as the fields of Carmel and Sharon. Everyone will see Jehovah's splendor. They will see his greatness and power.

Man's days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. The wind passes over it, and it is gone; and its place shall know it no more.

Why are you worried about clothing? Look at how the lilies of the field grow. They do not toil. They do not spin.

The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of Jehovah blows on them. Surely the people are grass.

Woe to the proud drunks who wear the crown of Ephraim for it is doomed! Its glory is fading like the crowns of flowers on their heads. They are at the entrance of a fertile valley. They are drunk from wine.

But the rich must be glad when God humbles them. This is because they will wither like wildflowers and pass away. The sun rises with scorching heat and withers the grass. The flower falls off and its beauty perishes. So also the rich man will fade away in his pursuits.

The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind. God saw that it was good.